capybaras

(Newser) - Locals along England's River Itchen have been told to keep their distance from an unlikely fugitive: a 9-month-old capybara named Samba. The rodent slipped out of Marwell Zoo in Hampshire on March 17 and was recently spotted sunbathing by the river near Winchester—until a dog startled her and...

(Newser) - Costa Rican police seized five capybaras, crack cocaine, and marijuana after chasing down a fleeing vehicle on a highway along the Central American country's Pacific coast on Thursday. The large rodents are a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig and happen to be having a moment on...